Supervisory News
November 23, 2011
Dear Member,
Attached you will find the SO6/MO6 statewide bid document regarding the procedure set to begin on November 28, 2011. You will note the document is in draft form, and we do hesitate to send out a draft instead of the final version. However due to the time frame of the bid and the fact that this document is already circulating we are sending it out in this form. We continue to seek a final version from the state. As soon as we receive the final version we will forward that as well.
One of the issues that we have requested to be included in the memo deals with members displaced from SYRCC and their ability to take part in this bid. The email clarification we received from Labor Relation states that those members will be allowed to participate, but ONLY those that bid to DAI, attended the transitional academy AND bid to an overage institution.
Have a safe Thanksgiving Holiday,
Kevin Raymond,
Supervisory Vice President CCPOA
November 10, 2011
November 1, 2011 Memo from DPA
See the full document below...
October 28, 2011
Regarding the saga that has become the elimination of the POFF II benefit for supervisors and managers it has been well documented in these updates that we requested numerous items in exchange for the lose back in April of 2011. So far we have not received any of the monetary items we requested. However two weeks ago we received notice from the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) Director Ron Yank that CDCR Secretary Matthew Cate has agreed to two additional items we requested.
Those items are the return of the CCPOA Supervisory Relief Time Bank and “super seniority” for our Supervisory Vice Presidents under post and bid (the Seniority Assignment - SA Agreement), just as the Chapter President and Chief Job Steward are given under the rank and fie MOU. We are attempting to secure a date next week to meet with CDCR Labor Relations to discuss just how and when the super seniority will be
implemented...
October 21, 2011
Expanded Dental Plan Availability for Certain Employees in Classes S06, M06, C06 and E06
PML 2011-038, issued on October 11, 2011, noted that employees who are designated in supervisory, confidential, other excluded, and managerial positions and who are also dues-paying members of CCPOA will now have the option of maintaining their State-sponsored dental plan benefits, or to elect to continue or enroll into the CCPOA Benefit Trust, union-sponsored Primary Dental plan...
September 2, 2011
Representatives from the CCPOA Supervisory Division met with Ron Yank, Director of the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) and with Matthew Cate, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) on Monday August 29, 2011 regarding the elimination of the POFF II benefit to SO6/MO6 members.
Both of these individuals stated that they strongly believe supervisors and managers deserve something in return for the POFF II benefit. I do believe that they made this pitch to the Department of Finance (DOF) as well. However I also know that when dealing with DOF it all comes down to dollars and cents – every time...
August 26, 2011
The 35th annual CCPOA Training Conference is in the books. As usual it was an honor to meet the men and women on the front lines that represent our membership on a daily basis under the direst of conditions. Valuable insight is always gained in face-to-face meetings regarding differing opinions on our direction and where we need to improve. There is no doubt there is still work to be done. We are not where we need to be, and if we ever believe we have reached the target surely complacently will set in. It’s never over - but we can, and will, move forward...
July 29, 2011
Dear Supervisory Member:
It’s been a busy couple of weeks on the CCPOA Supervisory front. As pointed out in a previous update we met with CDCR upper management on July 15th over a myriad of issues. Most of which require CDCR Labor Relations to get back to us. With the number of limited term assignments, and the termination of those assignments, a major issue of how seniority is calculated has become one of those issues.
We have always operated under seniority in classification for the Seniority Assignment (SA) agreement, vacation bids etc. Most institutions have informed those returning to the classification of Sergeant, for example, from limited term Lieutenant that their Lieutenant time does not count as Sergeant seniority. While a select few institutions have told members the Lieutenant time does count as Sergeant seniority...
July 19, 2011
Dear Members:
Attached you will find the letter from DPA authored by Director Ron Yank, authorizing S06 and M06 members to remain in the CCPOA Benefit Trust Fund for dental insurance. This is a major victory for our members! More information will follow, I just wanted to forward this letter as soon as we received it.
Thank you,
Kevin Raymond
Supervisory Vice President
July 18, 2011
Dear Supervisory Member:
Last week I received a telephone confirmation from the Director of the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) regarding our request to allow SO6/MO6 members to remain in the CCPOA Benefit Trust Fund (BTF) for dental coverage. As you may know this was a request that we originally made under the Schwarzenegger Administration, they gave use the disingenuous response that it just wasn’t possible. I could have lived with the answer had it been “We’re not real fond of you and we don’t want to.” At last that would have been truthful.
Anyway we made our case again to the new Administration a short time back as this really is a no cost to the state item. We met with DPA and this time they actually brought someone from the DPA Benefits Division. Our request went up the chain of command and has been accepted by the Governors Office as a non-cost benefit to our members. So as we move forward SO6/MO6 members will be allowed to remain with the BTF as they promote. In addition current SO6/MO6 members will be able to return to the BTF if they wish...
June 16, 2011
Dear Supervisory Member:
CCPOA met with the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA) on June 14, 2011 regarding the proposed department wide SO6 1% reductions. The basic agreement mirrors in some ways the rank and file agreement from the day before, June 13, 2011, which states the issue will be referred down to the local institutions for discussions and resolution. A key part of this process is the fact the 1% reductions effectively put an end to the 3% to 5% redirections. Any problems with this process should be forwarded back up to Sacramento for resolution...
